Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 649, Joseph Garrish, New Jersey

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Garrish, Joseph
S. 649.
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17.005 New Jersey
Joseph Garrison
Proclamation in the State of New Jersey who was a Private in the Corp. commanded by Captain Friel of the Regt commanded by Col Wetmore in the New Jersey re for 2 years Private $80.00
Enscribed on the Roll of New Jersey the rate of 80 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of July 1833 and paid to Agnes D. Randolph New Brunswick N.J.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $140.00 Pemi-anl. allowance ending Sept. " 40.00 $200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Vincent Luce Clerk, Book E Vol. 3 Page 112

State of New Jersey Middlesex county ss
On this Fourteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two Personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Superior court of common Pleas in and for the county of Middlesex being a court of record and now sitting Joseph Garrison a resident in the Township of Piscataway in the county of Middlesex & State of New Jersey who being first duly sworn, and examined & interrogated according to the instructions of the war department with one his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 to wit - That he was born in the county of Middlesex & State aforesaid in the year 1750 and is now eighty two years of age, That he has a record of his age given him many years since by one Elias Van Buren, and that he has resided in said county of Middlesex from his birth to the present time except for four years after after the revolutionary war when he resided in the same country in the State of New York & that he now resides in said county of Middlesex - And he further declares that he entered the service of the United States in the revolutionary war as a private & volunteer at the commencement of the war in the company commanded by Captain Richard Field & served until the close of the war every other month with few exceptions - The affiant

under whom he served at different periods of the war were the following to wit captain Richard Field, Jacob van Diverter, Jacob Le- brun and Jeremiah Ten Eyck and colonel John Webster - The other officers under whom he served during the war he does not now recollect - He served at Perth Amboy, Woodbridge, Elizabethtown Newark Paulus Hook, bound- brook & Springfield in the State of New Jersey and along the eastern shore of New Jersey ad- jacent to Staten Island sound - The country through which he marched as a soldier lies between the points above mentioned - The only battle in which he was engaged during the war was the battle of Springfield, but was engaged in numerous skirmishes with the British along the line while the latter had pos- session of Long Island Staten Island - His service extended in the whole two years during the war but how much more he is unable to say - He has no written discharge from the service nor has he any documentary ev- idence of his service, but personally will testify to captain Jeremiah Ten Eyck and under whom he served during the war in part and also to John Field, both of whom reside in the county of Middlesex & who can attest to his service - and is also well known to the Rev. Gerrit Dosege a clergyman of the Baptist per- suasion residing in said county of Middlesex and to William B. Manning esq. residing in said county & in the neighbourhood of the de- clarent who can testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution - He never served as an

substitute during the war, nor can he at this instant day state the names of any officers of the regular army whom he then knew, nor the names or numbers of any continental or militia regiments.
And he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State -
Sworn to & subscribed in open court the day & year aforesaid - N Moore - Judge
his mark Joseph X Garrison
State of New Jersey
Middlesex county ss: We Jeremiah Tinker and John Field residing in the county of Middlesex & State of New Jersey do hereby certify that we are respectively well acquainted with Joseph Garrison who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration That we knew him during the revolutionary war & we also know that he served in the capacity of a private volunteer soldier during said in the militia of New Jersey during said war. That we believe he served in the whole at different periods more than two years from the commencement of the war to the end of it & that we have full confidence in the whole statement contained in said declaration
Sworn to & subscribed in open court the day & year aforesaid - N Moore - Judge
John B Field his mark Jeremiah Tinker

State of New Jersey
Middlesex county ss. We Daniel Dodge a clergyman residing in the county of Middlesex and William B. Manning also residing in said county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Garrison who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be of the age of eighty two years or thereabouts. That he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion -
Sworn & subscribed in open court this day 29 th Jany 1832 N Moore
Wm B. Manning
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Daniel Dodge who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the county of Middlesex & State of New Jersey & that William B. Manning who has also signed the same is a resident in said county & State & is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit.
Dated Sept 24 th 1832
N Moore Thos. Hance R. Hood

New Edition
INVALID.
Can
File No. 649
Joseph Garrison Rev. W. H. Laine
Act: June 7, 1832.
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 136
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Joseph Garish
Admitted
Private 2 years $80
James Manders Present

Joseph Garrison
certificate to J. H. Burroughs R. Burns N. J.
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I the undersigned Clerk of the Inferior court of common Pleas in & for the county of Middlesex & State of New Jersey do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Joseph Gann for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said court this nineteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two - H. P. Hunsicker Clerk
The undersigned Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Brunswick in the Counties of Middlesex Middlesex, though not acquainted with Rev. Joseph Gann, the person who has signed the aforesaid declaration, hereby certifies that he is well acquainted with Rev. John B. Field, one of the persons certifying to their knowledge of the services of Rev. Gann during the war of the Revolution & feels assured that from his (Rev. John B. Field's) standing in the community, that full reliance may be placed in the statement which he has made respecting the aforesaid Joseph Gann. New Brunswick, Midd. Co. } Sept. 14 th 1832 } Reviewed & subscribed in open court the day 29 th aforesaid J. M. Mason Parson J. Rodgers

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in & for the county of Union State of New Jersey Joseph Garrison the above applicant who being duly sworn on his oath saith that by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served during the revolutionary war more than two years in the whole in terms of one month each & that he served every other month as a private & militiaman (with few exceptions) from the commence- ment to the end of the war - He well recollects that he was in the service at Paulus Hook in New Jersey at the time of the battle of Long Island, but how long before he cannot tell. He can swear that he served two years in the whole and more but cannot swear as to the exact number of his terms or the precise length of each term. To the best of his recollection they were all for a month though it is possible that some may have extended that a little and others perhaps somewhat short of the month. For this service he claims a pension
Joseph Garrison application for pension
I do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office
Sworn & subscribed before me this 13 th day of February 1833 J. Ford - Magistrate of com. peace
Joseph Garrison mark

3 And the said court of common Pleas in and for the county of Middlesex in N. Jersey do hereby certify that John B. Field and Jeremiah Field of who see the certificate first hereunto annexed are credible persons residing in said coun- ty of Middlesex and that their statement is entitled to full credit -
March 16. 1833 -
J. Ford Thos. Vance Jnd Quatrett
I Nicholas Beman clerk of the in- ferior court of common Pleas of said county of Middlesex do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original & supplementary proceedings of said court & the affidavit of the said Applicant before Josiah Ford one of the Judges of said court and also a Justice of the peace of said county in the matter of the application of the Applicant for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this sixteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thou- sand eight hundred thirty three 1833
N. M c Lean Clerk

Joseph Gannick
James F. Raccoon New Brunswick N.J.

State of New Jersey Middlesex county ss. Personally appeared before me the undersigned one of the Justices of the Peace in for the said county of Middlesex Joseph Gannick who being duly sworn deposes & states that by reason of old age & consequent loss of memory he cannot form positive as to the precise length of his services but to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below & in the following periods of the summer of 1776 he voluntarily served being drafted or drafted one month under Captain Moses Martin Lieut. Abner Fosman & marched to Red Bank. He returned then to York Road & there frequently fired on our Area. In Novr. of the same year was ordered out again one month under Capt. Gannick at the Woodbridge Station - the enemy were then on Staten Island & was out all winter not being able to stay at home the enemy being in New Brunswick. In the early part of summer 1777 was ordered out again served one month at Shippack Town under the same officers. He then was discharged & ordered out again served 8 months - every other month under Captain Martin Gannick & Col. Leon Webster. During which he was stationed at Woodbridge during the most of the time during. He did not go down with the troops to Monmouth but was left with a small detachment to guard at Woodbridge. During the next year from the battle of Monmouth in 1778 to the summer of 1779 he was ordered out served 6 months - every other month under Captain Gannick during Major Webb & Col. Leon & Webster engaged in guarding that part of the State lying
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from Elizabeth town to Amboy along the lines of the summer of 1779 he was ordered out there the months under Capt. Lee by the after the termination of the former period engaged in similar services & at the same places - the enemy being off the Island. In the early part of the spring of 1780 he was again ordered out there 9 months under Captains Deane Manning Major Edgar & the same Colonels During which he was stationed in the mid-counties of New Jersey & was marched towards Springfield I was engaged with a part of the British army I was at the great skirmish at Elizabeth town I saw on the march one Captain Randolph the by a party of the British near a woods along the road - I at Elizabeth town saw one Smith Bloomfield shot. During all of which time he served as a pirate & continuous his services for some time afterwards but cannot recollect any more partic- ulars at this time for their services he claims a pension
Given under my hand this 2nd day of June A.D. 1833
Peter P. Runyon Justice of the Peace
I Nicholas Boorum Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Middlesex New Jersey do hereby certify that Peter P. Runyon is one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & sworn & that the signature to the within supplemental declaration purporting to be his signature is his own proper hand writing.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office this eighteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three
N. Monacum Clerk
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State of New Jersey
Middlesex County ss. Personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the said County of Middlesex, Joseph Garrison who being duly sworn deposes & saith that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services but to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below & in the following grades -  In the summer of 1776 he voluntarily served being drafted & classed one month under Capt. Mose Martin Lieut. A. M. Freeman & marched to Paves Hook. The British then lay in New York Bay & they frequently fired on our men. In Nov r of the same year was ordered out & served one month under Capt. Schuyler at Woodbridge Station, the enemy were then on Staten Island. In the early part of the summer of 1777 was ordered out & served one month at Elizabeth Town under the same officers. In the same year & during the following winter & spring he was ordered out & served as he thinks every other month, and was stationed at Woodbridge that is to say one month under Capt. Schuyler, one month under Capt. Martine, one month again under Capt. Martine, one month under Capt. Schuyler, one month under Capt. Schuyler, one month again under Capt. Schuyler, & one month under Capt. Dunn, & under the command of Col. Brow & Webster & engaged in guarding that section of the state & protecting the property of his fellow citizens. In the summer of 1778 he was ordered out & served one month under Capt. Dunn at Woodbridge to guard that station at the time

of the battle at Monmouth. In the same year he was ordered out & continued to serve his monthly tour & as he thinks he served after the battle of Monmouth one month under Capt Lufandas, one month under Capt Sebring & one month under Capt Manning. In the year 1779 he still continued to be ordered out his monthly tour & served one month under Capt Roff, one month under Capt Manning, one month under Capt Manning, one month under Capt Van Eyck. The service of these monthly tours were performed all of them at the Woodbridge Station under the same field officer Col. Webster Brown & engaged in guarding that part of the State lying from Elizabeth Town to Amboy along the lines, the enemy being on the Island. In the early part of 1780 he was again ordered out & served seven months of which he served three months under Capt Dunn & four months under Capt Manning all the time engaged in the middle of the State under Major Edgar & the same Col. during the time he was under Capt Dunn & Col Brown and at the time of the battle at Springfield he was march towards that place, was engaged with with a part of the British troops in a skirmish near Elizabeth Town, where he saw Capt Ran- dolph shot near a woods along the road, and at Elizabeth Town saw one Smith & Morris killed. During all which time he served as a private & continued his services for some time afterwards but cannot now recollect to specify particularly & for these services he claims a pension Subscribed I Dunn

At this twenty sixth day of June AD 1833 before me
Nicholas Booraem Mark
Peter P. Runyon Justice of the peace
I Nicholas Booraem Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in the County of Middlesex State New Jersey do certify That Peter P. Runyon is one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn and That the signature to the written supplemental declaration purporting to be his signature is his own proper hand writing. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office This twenty sixth day of June in year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three N Booraem Clerk

Given under my hand this twenty sixth day of June AD 1833 before me
Voltaire J. Gann Mark
Peter P. Runyon Justice of the peace
I Nicholas Booraem Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in the County of Middlesex State New Jersey do certify That Peter P. Runyon is one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn and That the signature to the written supplemental declaration purporting to be his signature is his own proper hand writing. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office This twenty sixth day of June in year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three N Booraem Clerk

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Garrisham, James GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 9489 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED May 2, 1798 to — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.